Caracas, September 7 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro delivered a speech on Sunday while visiting Jamaica as part of his official trip to lead the bicentennial commemoration of the “Jamaica Letter,” one of the most important documents written by South American liberator Simon Bolivar.... More


La Paz, September 7 (PL-RHC)-- President Evo Morales said that four countries have so far confirmed their attendance at the Second World Summit on the Rights of Mother Earth, scheduled for October 10th through the 12th in Cochabamba.... More


Kingston, September 5 (RHC-PL), -- Jamaica today hosts the 10th Summit of Heads of State of Petrocaribe, an energy cooperation project devised by the late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, in Montego Bay.... More


Caracas, September 5 (RHC-PL), -- Venezuelan Foreign Minister Delcy Rodríguez insisted on the pertinence of a dialogue between President Nicolas Maduro and Colombia’s Juan Manuel Santos, in order to find a solution to the border crisis.... More


Damascus, September 5 (RHC)-- Twin bomb attacks have killed at least 26 people and injured 50 others in Syria’s southwestern city of Suwayda, police sources say. ... More


Washington, September 5 (RHC)-- Saudi Arabian King Salman arrived in Washington, D.C., to meet with U.S. President Barack Obama to discuss the Iran nuclear deal and other issues. ... More


Brussels, September 5 (RHC)-- In news from Europe, leaders are holding another round of emergency talks about how to respond to the hundreds of thousands of people seeking refuge after fleeing violence in Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Somalia, Eritrea, Nigeria and other regions, ... More


Budapest, September 5 (RHC)-- In response, some European governments rebuked the calls to accept more refugees. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán pushed back against the calls, saying: "I think we have a right to decide that we do not want a large number of Muslim people in our country." ... More


Caracas, September 5 (RHC-PL), -- President Nicolás Maduro appointed new vice presidents and members of his Cabinet to replace those nominated to parliamentary elections scheduled for December 6.... More


New York, September 5 (RHC)-- Donald Trump has hit a new high in the race for the Republican presidential nomination, new poll suggests. According to a survey by Monmouth University, Trump now enjoys a 30 percent support nationally.... More


Mexico City, September 5 (RHC-PL), -- Vidulfo Rosales, legal representative of the parents of the 43 school teachers who disappeared in Mexico, said the report to be presented next Sunday provides new guidelines for the investigation, media outlets reported.... More


Doha, September 5 (RHC-teleSUR), -- The president of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro, proposed early Saturday a summit of heads of states of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) to address new strategies to stabilize the oil market.... More


Baghdad, September 4 (RHC)-- Iraqi security and medical officials say at least 11 people have lost their lives and more than two dozen sustained injuries after a series of bomb explosions ripped through commercial districts in and around the capital, Baghdad. ... More


Guatemala City, September 4 (teleSUR-RHC)-- A Guatemalan judge ordered provisional jail time for former President of Guatemala, Otto Perez Molina, who resigned earlier on Thursday. ... More


Kabul, September 4 (RHC)-- At least 32 people have lost their lives in a U.S. assassination drone strike in Afghanistan's eastern province of Paktia. The Afghan army's 203rd Military Corps said in a statement that the drone hit Gharak area in the province's Ahmadabad district, situated 200 kilometers southwest of the capital, Kabul, on Thursday. The statement added that three people were also wounded in the airstrike. ... More


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